The Ministry of the Interior and Safety stated on the 30th regarding the SK Telecom SIM card information leakage incident, "It is fundamentally impossible to issue mobile identification cards fraudulently with cloned phones."
A mobile resident registration card is an identification card issued on a personal smartphone, having the same legal validity as a physical resident registration card. It started issuing at the end of last year, and as of April 16, 301,435 cards have been issued.
Some SK Telecom subscribers are concerned that hackers could create cloned phones using the leaked SIM card information and use them for fraudulent issuance of identification cards such as mobile resident registration cards.
The Ministry of the Interior and Safety noted, "Simply knowing personal information or having the SIM card in the name of the individual does not allow for the issuance of a mobile identification card."
Additionally, the Ministry of the Interior and Safety stated, "To issue a mobile identification card, the individual must personally visit an issuing agency, such as a resident center, and go through the identity verification process," adding, "After identity verification, a password will be registered, and a physical identification card with an embedded IC chip will be issued."
Furthermore, the Ministry of the Interior and Safety mentioned, "To receive a mobile identification card on a smartphone, the registered password must be used along with the recognition of the IC identification card," and explained, "Ultimately, a process will verify whether the applicant's face matches the photo on the identification card through facial recognition."